| From: | Simon and Fiona sfuller@******.com.au |
|---|---|
| Subject: | A Van that is also a Boat that is also a Submarine... |
| Date: | Sat, 3 Jun 2000 15:12:02 +1000 |
From: acjpenn@******.com <acjpenn@******.com>
To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Saturday, June 03, 2000 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: A Van that is also a Boat that is also a Submarine...
>
>*snip snap*
>> Kappa: Aquatic spirits that will drag victims to a watery death ... then
>> eat them :)
>
>Japanese again. Kappa look like small men with turtle shells, and a bowl
>shaped depression on their heads full of water. If the water drains out,
>the kappa can die. They spend most of their time around water because of
>that. They're also multi, multi-jointed.
>
Sandy from the series Monkey was one of these things, more or less, although
he didn't look like one on the TV show. Any traditional pictures of him will
show him looking a bit like a Ninja Turtle. For all you Americans and
so-forth who have not seen the series (in English voice-overs or the
original Japanese), you are really missing out on a great show. The story of
a Chinese Buddhist boy priest (traditionally played by a girl) who is on a
pilgrimage to India to bring the word of Buddha to China, accompanied by the
Monkey King, a pig spirit, a Kappa and a dragon in the shape of a horse.
Lots of Xena-style fights, bizarrely funny humour and cheesy special
effects, and a hearty dose of spiritualism.
